Splice by Gazbag
I'd love to see a working version of this, but your version looks rather... unfinished to say it at least.
No it was definitely finished, it was just a terrible design!
Congrats pst!
So obviously there's a huge gulf in power between the strongest and weakest combinations (my votes go to Encampment+Experiment and Poor House+Beggar) so this isn't trying to be balanced 100% of the time. I think 3P is a good price for the average case and the Potion at least somewhat tempers the most absurd combinations. It's possible that it should be limited to terminal Actions only to make it a bit more consistent but that isn't nearly as cool.
Yaaaaay!
Anyway, the next challenge will be:
CHALLENGE #52: DRUID NEEDS SOME COMPANY
Design a card whose effect differs per game. From the already-existing cards, Druid and Black Market would be eligible.
EDIT: Young Witch and Obelisk would qualify as well.
Yaaaaay!Ooh... Tricky one. Uhh, let's see. How about this:
Anyway, the next challenge will be:
CHALLENGE #52: DRUID NEEDS SOME COMPANY
Design a card whose effect differs per game. From the already-existing cards, Druid and Black Market would be eligible.
Metropolis
$10*
Action
+1 Card
+3 Actions
+1 Buy
+$1
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This costs $1 less per Treasure pile in the Supply, but not less than $2.
FAQ: For split and varied piles like Knights or say, Gladiator/Fortune, refer to the top card of the pile. This counts Copper, Silver and Gold. Capitalism does not change the cost of this card. Empty piles don't change the cost either. have I covered everything?
So basically it's a nice engine component that is only spammable if there are less Action cards in the Supply.
Without wanting to take anything away from Kudasai's great card, the idea is not totally new. This is a design by GeneralRamos and underneath is my adapated version of the idea of a Hireling-esque card with negative VPs.
CharlatanMy card's FAQ would say that Witch calls for the card NAMED Curse, instead of the type, just so you guys know.
$5
Action-Curse
You may set this aside. If you do, gain 2 cards each costing up to $4.
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-2VP
FANATIC - $3 Action - Duration - Curse
At the start of each of your turns for the rest of the game: +$1.
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-2VP
(This stays in play.)
CONTEST - HEIRLOOM ENTRYI like the Lute/Looter pun, if that was intentional.
Just some funky ideas that kind of help each other out.
i love it if it's unintentional
Are you worried that it'll mess with the opening at all? $2/$4 can be a rough start.
Thanks, Majiponi!
Contest #49: Make a Card with a Custom Heirloom
Couldn't think of a snappier title, sorry. Anyway, it's exactly what it says on the tin: design both a card and a new Heirloom that comes with it. Can't think of any restrictions at the moment except that the Heirloom has to have the Treasure type. If this specific contest has been done before, sorry, I'll pick something else. I remember there was a contest for making a card that comes with an existing official Heirloom, but this is slightly different.
The manual refers to them as "Special terms". Although this is not very common knowledge and no card references these in this way. You could add a note though to make it clear:
"The first time you play an Action card during each of your turns, add 1 to each special term (+1 Card, +1 Buy, etc) in its text."
Good notice, but agreed, it is not common knowledge nor used. What about this phrasing: "The first time you play an Action card during each of your turns, add 1 to each denominated bonus (+ Cards, + Coffers, +$, etc.) in its text."?
Did Donald X ever come up with a term for those basic type of effects?
Here is an edit based on the above. I changed the wording, and limited it to the first action played per turn.
Congrats Aquila!!
Also, thank you spineflu and scolapasta for the feedback on rephrasing the card...I hope it’s clearer now! I apologize for not being to find an image ( My google skills aren’t high) if anyone has one off-hand, I’d appreciate it greatly!
ah i guess not - my brain just filled in "Supply" instead of Kingdom.
My thinking is you select Duchess 10, piledrive the Duchesses, and hand them out to your opponent one at a time. Your opponent will not "know not to gain the card", they should gain the card to hold you to 50 points instead of 100.CHALLENGE #46 - BUT IT WASN'T EVEN YOUR TURN - SUBMISSIONWhile I'm not sure I can identify the equilibrium strategy, "the first time" only adds one word to the card and is probably overall helpful with respect to the concerning possible disincentive to ever buy Province in an Ambassador game.
Examples: A player can choose Market 4. Market being the Kingdom card and 4 being the card position from the top. If another player (not you) gains the 4th Market, you reveal your secretly recorded note and you get 4VP tokens. More tokens are rewarded the further down a pile you choose as the risk is often greater. You can call the 10th Market going and maybe it never gets gained!
A few things to clarify:
-Card position - The top card of a pile is card position #1, the next card is card position #2 and so on.
-Secretly record - Can be any means of recording a card and position. Paper and pen or a phone work best.
-Kingdom cards - These are the 10 random cards selected for each game. They do not include the standard Victory cards and standard Treasure cards. So for instance you cannot choose the Province pile for Blockade.
-Kingdom card piles must be different and card positions must be different. So if you choose say Market 4, you cannot then choose Smithy 4 as the 4th card position can only be chosen once.http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=18987.msg811873#msg811873
Blockade -Landmark
At the start of the game, secretly record 3 different Kingdom card piles and positions (from the top of that pile). When another player gains a card/position you recorded, reveal it for +1VP equal to its position.
Yes, Ambassador makes it possible to gain the same card/position twice or more in a game. Is this bad? I'm not sure, but I kind of like the interaction. It will rarely come up and even so once a player has revealed their card/position for VP points, everyone will know not to gain that card. This could lead to blocking piles, but again I kind of like this niche strategy.
As for the Province comment I don't follow.
If both players select Duchess 10 I have no idea what happens but I'm scared.
if multiple players select Duchess 10, only the players who didn't gain the 10th Duchess get the +10vp
This landmark will play very differently with junkers vs without (but not Looters/Ruins - who'd make that gamble, that card 10 in the Ruin deck was a Ruined Market?); Idk if I dig the duality with it or if you'd want to change it to "when another player buys the card at that position" to make it more straightforward than "oh how can I throw the 12th Silver at my opponent"
right but during the Jetty turn, if someone plays Jetty, it would trigger an additional Jetty turn if it didn't have that clause. Would it be less ambiguous if it said "there is only one round of Jetty turns"?QuoteJetty • $5 • Action - DurationMade a Wharf-Fleet hybrid; I think I got the wording (and self-shapeshifting) right so there aren't infinite Jetty turns at the end of the game. Lemme know if that wording works or not, yeah?
Now and at the start of your next turn, +2 Cards.
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If the game would end while this is in play, there is an additional round of turns for players with Jetty in play, during which Jetty reads "+2 Cards."
I don't think this needs the end bit "during which Jetty reads as +2 Cards." Jetty already gives +2 Cards on play.
also @Kudasai - you've got a typo in your card image - "Kindom card"
CHALLENGE #46 - BUT IT WASN'T EVEN YOUR TURN - SUBMISSIONWhile I'm not sure I can identify the equilibrium strategy, "the first time" only adds one word to the card and is probably overall helpful with respect to the concerning possible disincentive to ever buy Province in an Ambassador game.
Examples: A player can choose Market 4. Market being the Kingdom card and 4 being the card position from the top. If another player (not you) gains the 4th Market, you reveal your secretly recorded note and you get 4VP tokens. More tokens are rewarded the further down a pile you choose as the risk is often greater. You can call the 10th Market going and maybe it never gets gained!
A few things to clarify:
-Card position - The top card of a pile is card position #1, the next card is card position #2 and so on.
-Secretly record - Can be any means of recording a card and position. Paper and pen or a phone work best.
-Kingdom cards - These are the 10 random cards selected for each game. They do not include the standard Victory cards and standard Treasure cards. So for instance you cannot choose the Province pile for Blockade.
-Kingdom card piles must be different and card positions must be different. So if you choose say Market 4, you cannot then choose Smithy 4 as the 4th card position can only be chosen once.http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=18987.msg811873#msg811873
Blockade -Landmark
At the start of the game, secretly record 3 different Kingdom card piles and positions (from the top of that pile). When another player gains a card/position you recorded, reveal it for +1VP equal to its position.
QuoteJetty • $5 • Action - DurationMade a Wharf-Fleet hybrid; I think I got the wording (and self-shapeshifting) right so there aren't infinite Jetty turns at the end of the game. Lemme know if that wording works or not, yeah?
Now and at the start of your next turn, +2 Cards.
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If the game would end while this is in play, there is an additional round of turns for players with Jetty in play, during which Jetty reads "+2 Cards."
Name taken from this post that I saw like five years ago:
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=18987.msg811873#msg811873
Blockade -Landmark
At the start of the game, secretly record 3 different Kingdom card piles and positions (from the top of that pile). When another player gains a card/position you recorded, reveal it for +1VP equal to its position.
Thank you Commodore Chuckles
Challenge #46: But it wasn't even your turn!
Design a card (shaped thing) that can do one of the following things on another players turn:
- Increase your VP (either with VP chips, an alt-VP formula, or other means) and/or decrease the VP of other players
- Give you a say in when the game ends (eg it can gain a card, prevent gains, return a card to the supply, etc.)
The idea behind this challenge is cards that change the endgame so that players need to think about more than their own deck's capacity to gain a VP lead and end the game, because other players have cards that will change the VP balance, or it might not be up to them whether the game is going to end on a given turn. Cards which add a level of complexity to the endgame, while still being fun and fair, will have the best chance of winning.
Okay, after thinking about this some more, I'm afraid I am going to have to reject the card as it currently stands. I'm very sorry naitchman, and I feel especially bad about this as you were the one who gave me the win in the last contest. But in the end, the point of the challenge is to make a card that does something usually considered awkward (drawing a single card and not letting you play it if it's an Action card.) Parade can always play an Action card if there's one in your hand, so the challenge simply isn't there.
I'm not rejecting the idea outright; I'll accept it if the ability to Throne is based on some condition that's not always met (besides an Action card being in your hand, of course.)
